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Food & nutrition API

A read-only HTTP API for searching foods and reading their nutrition per 100 g.

This is in beta. It works, but exact fields may change until a stable, versioned release is announced.

What it is

The food API lets you search a food database and read back energy and macronutrients per 100 g as JSON. It is read-only — there is no write access and no personal data of any kind — which keeps it safe to call from a static site or a hobby project. It is currently in beta: the shape below is stable in intent, but treat exact fields as subject to change until a versioned 1.0 is announced, and do not build anything mission-critical on it yet. There is a fair-use rate limit; heavy or commercial use should get in touch first.

Examples

Search for a food

GET https://open.tempolife.app/v1/foods?q=banana&lang=en

{
  "query": "banana",
  "results": [
    { "id": "banana-raw", "name": "Banana, raw", "kcal_100g": 89 }
  ]
}

Read one food by id

GET https://open.tempolife.app/v1/foods/banana-raw

{
  "id": "banana-raw",
  "name": "Banana, raw",
  "per_100g": { "kcal": 89, "protein_g": 1.1, "carbs_g": 22.8, "fat_g": 0.3 }
}

Call it from the shell

curl -s 'https://open.tempolife.app/v1/foods?q=oat+milk'

Other packages

Source: TempoLife open-source and API docs. Status is current as of the check date; a beta or planned status means the interface can still change. · checked 2026-09-04

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